On Aug 5, 8:36 pm, Jeffrey Kaplan  wrote:
> Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Duggy said:
>
> > > Maybe they should start broadcasting porno?  It's already named the
> > > Sucky, uhm, yeah well the name already works like that.  Then they
> > > woudn't need to deal with plot at all and they could focus on nothing
> > > but the special effects.  And they still wouldn't need to
afford actual
> > > robots.
>
> > Hmmm, I think you've hit on a point here.  Modern bad SF (the type
> > that -some people- think is the only real SF) is like porn.  Little
> > story, who cares about the acting, let's just get the explosions and
> > FX (or sex in the case of porn.)
>
> Ronald Emerich and Michael Bay as "SF Pornographers"?
Kind of. Independence Day was Emmerichs's best,and had the best story
and best defined characters.
Michael Bay is actually very good. There are a lot of worse directors
out there.
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